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The 56 pages that link to Catherine the Great, each with the reason it gives.

• Russian EmpireRelated: Her reign extended imperial territory and strengthened the state’s influence in Europe.

• Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthRelated: Russian intervention and territorial annexations weakened and ultimately erased the state.

• Partitions of PolandRelated: She used Russian influence and military power in the Commonwealth during the partitions.

• Saint PetersburgRelated: Her reign strengthened Saint Petersburg’s role as an imperial center and cultural capital.

• Denis DiderotRelated: She bought Diderot’s library while allowing him to retain its use, providing financial support late in his life.

• Louis XVRelated: Her accession and Russian diplomacy changed the balance of power late in Louis XV’s reign.

• Treaty of Küçük KaynarcaRelated: Catherine's government pursued the war and negotiated the settlement's gains for Russia.

• Censorship in the Russian EmpireRelated: Her early tolerance of publishing gave way to tighter restrictions after the French Revolution.

• Enlightened absolutismBroader topic: She corresponded with philosophes yet strengthened noble privilege and autocratic rule.

• Russian EnlightenmentRelated: Her patronage and reforms made her reign the movement’s defining political setting.

• Russian nobilityRelated: Her 1785 charter strengthened the nobility’s legal position and local institutions.

• Stanisław August PoniatowskiRelated: She helped secure Poniatowski’s election and later used Russian power to constrain his government.

• Treaty of GeorgievskRelated: Her government accepted Russia’s protective role and its obligations under the treaty.

• Elizabeth of RussiaRelated: She took power after Elizabeth’s successor fell, then built on and reshaped the imperial state.

• Historical biographyRelated: Her life illustrates the difficulties of separating private experience from power and political legend.

• Third Partition of PolandRelated: Russia was the dominant power in the partitions and took the largest eastern share.

• Alexander SuvorovRelated: Suvorov served under Catherine, whose wars and appointments shaped his rise.

• OdesaRelated: Her reign enabled Russian rule over the coast where Odesa was founded.

• OdessaRelated: Her government authorized the imperial development of Odessa as a new southern port.

• Paul I of RussiaRelated: Her long reign and strained relationship with Paul framed his accession and policies.

• Royal patronageBroader topic: Her collecting and institutional support linked Russian imperial ambition with European intellectual culture.

• Russian autocracyBroader topic: Her reign combined enlightened political language with the preservation of imperial autocracy.

• Second Partition of PolandRelated: She directed Russian policy that imposed the partition and controlled the Commonwealth.

• Lytton StracheyRelated: Strachey treated her life in a later portrait that combines political history with personal character.

• Russian-American CompanyRelated: Her government sought to regulate Siberian and North Pacific commerce before the company’s charter.

• Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)Related: Her government used the war to advance Russian interests against the Ottoman Empire.

• Winter PalaceRelated: Her art collecting helped transform the palace into a major cultural treasury.

• Grigory PotemkinRelated: Potemkin became her close adviser and lover, sharing power in major southern policies.

• Hermitage MuseumRelated: Her acquisitions in the 1760s formed the foundation of the Hermitage’s art collection.

• Pugachev's RebellionRelated: Her government organized the military response and suppressed the uprising.

• Queen regnantBroader topic: Her rule demonstrates that a female sovereign could gain the throne through political action, not inheritance.

• Russian imperialismRelated: Her reign saw major western and southern territorial gains and a stronger imperial presence.

• MecklenburgRelated: Her marriage into the Holstein-Gottorp dynasty linked Mecklenburg’s court to Russian succession politics.

• Russian invasion of East PrussiaRelated: Her accession preserved Peter’s peace with Prussia and kept East Prussia restored.

• Alexander RadishchevRelated: Her government responded to Radishchev’s book as a threat to imperial authority.

• Helen MirrenBroader topic: Mirren portrayed Catherine in a 2019 television miniseries, extending her royal-role repertoire.

• Josiah WedgwoodRelated: Her extensive Green Frog Service demonstrated Wedgwood’s ability to fulfill prestigious commissions.

• Battle of ChesmaRelated: Catherine's government sent the Mediterranean expedition as part of its war against the Ottoman Empire.

• Gustav IIIRelated: Gustav’s diplomacy and wars unfolded against the power of Sweden’s eastern rival.

• Alexander SumarokovRelated: Sumarokov’s later career unfolded under the imperial court she presided over.

• Denis FonvizinRelated: Fonvizin wrote under her rule, when enlightened reform and autocratic control coexisted.

• Peter Simon PallasRelated: Her government supported the Academy and its expeditions during Pallas’s service.

• Yemelyan PugachevRelated: Pugachev’s revolt directly challenged Catherine’s imperial government and its social order.

• 18th centuryRelated: Her reign illustrates both Enlightenment-era reform and the persistence of imperial rule.

• Élisabeth Vigée Le BrunRelated: Vigée Le Brun’s Russian exile brought her into the empress’s courtly orbit.

• History of RussiaRelated: Her reign extended imperial power and sharpened tensions over serfdom and enlightenment.

• House of RomanovBroader topic: Her reign extended Romanov power and territory during the imperial period.

• Ivan KrylovRelated: Krylov’s early satirical writing appeared during her reign.

• Journey from St. Petersburg to MoscowRelated: Radishchev’s criticism confronted the empire governed by Catherine during the book’s publication.

• National Library of RussiaRelated: Her 1795 decree established the library as the Imperial Public Library.